# I object to the way this thread was closed, i.e. the contents of the final post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 17, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994 "2025-07-17T21:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/61 "2025-07-19T17:20:42Z")
I know. You know sites where you can say whatever the fuck you want no matter how nonsensical it might be, and anyone who questions you is deemed a “hater”? This ain’t that place, and that is precisely why I love it here. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/62 "2025-07-19T17:22:06Z")
Yeah, but you get to be, _and stay_, a moderator by keeping that separate from the job at hand. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/63 "2025-07-19T17:33:48Z")
I don’t want this place to be a “me too” or “plus 1” board. I want to hear folks stories and clever writing doesn’t necessarily mean its untrue. I also know, nothing is new here. Every thing has been questioned, discussed and talked about. I love reading the old threads that show as similar threads. It’s funny, sometimes its the same person as an OP, asking the same question 8 years later. With similar responses. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/64 "2025-07-19T18:14:20Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t want this place to be a “me too” or “plus 1” board. We don’t need to choose between the two extremes of making everyone conform to the same thoughts on everything, and allowing people to do what they want. There is a vast middle we can dwell in. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/65 "2025-07-19T18:21:37Z")
That’s legit. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/66 "2025-07-19T18:41:36Z")
When posts are warned or modded its because the poster did something wrong. People can’t imagine their posts are against the rules so some accuse mods of picking on them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/67 "2025-07-19T18:55:39Z")
Right and wrong are subjective. Ask a question of 30 people you’ll get at least 20 different responses. It’s called conversation. Equitable moderation is probably hard to achieve. I never could be exactly equal with groups of people. I tried really hard to be fair. 100% never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/68 "2025-07-19T18:58:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Equitable moderation is probably hard to achieve. But baseless accusations of prejudice and discrimination are real simple, so I tend to avoid them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/69 "2025-07-19T19:11:08Z")
Yep. We have to try. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/70 "2025-07-19T19:32:29Z")
The moderation here is incredibly even handed but martyrs will martyr. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/71 "2025-07-19T19:36:11Z")
And some will back them up…if only to watch the train wreck from a safe distance. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/72 "2025-07-19T22:30:28Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > People can’t imagine their posts are against the rules so some accuse mods of picking on them. That sounds so, so, so familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/73 "2025-07-20T00:16:00Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > If that were actually happening, this board would be a tiny subset of its current self This board is a tiny subset of it’s previous self. And very much the worse for it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/74 "2025-07-20T00:21:55Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > This board is a tiny subset of it’s previous self. And very much the worse for it. I’m afraid I have to agree with this. Alas, it’s a choice of the community, not the moderators. They are just the wagons we have circled around ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/75 "2025-07-20T00:26:13Z")
You know this thread is about my poorly thought out and poorly worded closing of a troll and sock’s thead. This is really off topic and banning trocks I hope is not what is wrong with the board. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/76 "2025-07-20T01:10:27Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > This board is a tiny subset of it’s previous self. And very much the worse for it. Sure, but that’s not due to unfair moderation. While I’d love to see it grow, having it increase through socks and trolls isn’t going to make it a better place either. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/77 "2025-07-20T08:23:29Z")
**Moderating** Since we have gone completely away from the original topic, this is closed. Message boards have declined in popularity quite a bit over the past decade or two. The SDMB has fared better than most. We’re still here and a lot of message boards have gone away completely. If anyone wants to discuss the decline of the SDMB or message boards in general, feel free to create a new thread. If anyone wants to discuss what they think is wrong with the SDMB in general, that is also a good topic for a new thread. This is closed. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-the-way-this-thread-was-closed-i-e-the-contents-of-the-final-post/1020994/78 "2025-07-20T08:23:32Z")
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